[Dixielandjazz] Performance "Order" of St. Louis Blues

[Scott Anthony]

In the 1914 copy of the sheet music for the St. Louis Blues, there is a 
"Tango" section of just 8 bars that is an intro with no lyrics. This is 
followed by "I hate to see...etc." 24 bars (a "double" blues section) and 
then "St. Louis woman...etc."  16 bars that is usually played, at least by 
us, as a Tango. Then the non-tango "Got the St. Louis blues..." 12 bar 
choruses, actually labelled as "Chorus."

Scott Anthony
Golden Gate Rhythm Machine

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> And via a similar prompt from Ron L, I have just learned via Red Hot Jazz
> Archives that when Handy first recorded it in 1922, he began with the 
> tango
> section!
> Ginny
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> In a message dated 10/8/2007 9:18:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> hvickery at svs.com writes:
>
> Both  Louis Armstrong recordings of St. Louis Blues from the early '30s 
> (the
> OKeh  from '32? and the Victor from '33) start with the tango section, 
> iirc.
> The  Victor does for sure.
>
> Hal Vickery
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